issues with the previewing of my comp

[danielac25001]

hey this is an issue that has been happening to me ever since i discovered that you could edit ur workspace. somehow i managed to change the way i want to view my preview and i don't like it at all. for some reason, when i press space bar, instead of previewing the comp with the timeline, it enlarges the preview window so all i can see is the comp, AND it changes the zoom setting on my timeline so i can see all my clips.

anything would be helpful thanks

[Martin_Ritter]

Have you checked the keyboard binding?

*Martin

[SamLanes]

Open up the keyboard shortcuts panel (Edit > Keyboard shortcuts), and then click on the Space Bar button in the display.

Below the diagram of the keyboard, on the right hand side, you can see the settings that the space bar will affect. To remove some in order to prevent it doing the action, click on the small 'x' next to the command.

I suspect that when you take a look, you will see that the command for pressing the space bar without a modifier will be set to 'Preview'. Click the 'x' to stop it undertaking the action.

[dj.summitt]

Yea, it sounds like you may have mapped it differently. Here's a bit of info on remapping shortcuts. Preset and customizable keyboard shortcuts in After Effects

Alternatively you can:
Setting preferences in After Effects